2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the four U.S. Representatives from the state of Iowa, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The state congressional delegation flipped from a 3–1 Republican majority to a 3–1 Democratic majority. The Democrats last won the majority of seats in the 2010 election.
Overview
By district
Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa by district:District 1
, who has represented the district since 2015, was reelected to a second term with 54% of the vote in 2016.However, in 2018, Democratic Iowa State Representative Abby Finkenauer went on to flip the district, being one of many swing districts that gave way in surprising margins for Democrats in a wave election.
The 1st district went for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election with a 49% to 45% margin, after voting for Barack Obama with a 56% to 43% margin in 2012.
Democratic primary
Candidates
;Declared- Abby Finkenauer, Iowa State Representative
- Thomas Heckroth, former staffer for United States Senator Tom Harkin
- George Ramsey III, former military recruiter
- Courtney Rowe, engineer and Bernie Sanders delegate at the 2016 state convention
- Jeff Danielson, state senator
- Brent Oleson, Linn County Supervisor
- Steve Sodders, former state senator
- Stacey Walker, Linn County Supervisor
Endorsements
Results
Republican primary
Incumbent Rod Blum ran for re-election to a third term and was unopposed in the primary.Results
Other Candidates
- Henry Gaff, co-chair of the Iowa Green Party, announced he was running as a Green Party candidate. Gaff was only 18, meaning he would not have met the U.S. Constitution's required minimum age of 25 to be elected to the House of Representatives.
- Troy Hageman, activist
General election
Debates
- , October 5, 2018
Predictions
Polling
Results
District 2
Democratic Representative Dave Loebsack, who has represented the district since 2007, was reelected to a sixth term with 54% of the vote in 2016. Loebsack ran for reelection.The 2nd district went for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election with a 49% to 45% margin, after voting for Barack Obama with a 56% to 43% margin in 2012.
Democratic primary
Incumbent Dave Loebsack ran for re-election to a seventh term in office and was unopposed in the primary.Results
Republican primary
Candidates
- Ginny Caligiuri, businesswoman
- Christopher Peters, Republican nominee in 2016
- Bobby Kaufmann, state representative
Results
Independents
- Daniel Clark
General election
Predictions
Polling
Results
District 3
, who had represented the district since 2015, was reelected to a second term with 53% of the vote in 2016. He ran for a third term in 2018, but lost to Democratic candidate Cindy Axne.The 3rd district went for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election with a 49% to 45% margin, after voting for Barack Obama with a 51% to 47% margin in 2012.
Democratic primary
Candidates
;Declared- Cindy Axne, businesswoman
- Pete D'Alessandro, political consultant
- Eddie Mauro, activist
- Theresa Greenfield, real estate executive, failed to make the primary ballot. After her campaign manager was fired for forging signatures on nominating papers, she attempted to re-collect the 1,790 signatures necessary to make the ballot, but did not get enough signatures.
- Austin Frerick, former Treasury Department economist
- Paul Knupp, psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner and minister, withdrew from the Democratic primary to join the Green party
- Heather Ryan, nominee for KY-01 in 2008
- Anna Ryon, attorney with the Office of Consumer Advocate
- Mike Sherzan, businessman and candidate in 2016
- John Norris, former chief of staff to Governor Tom Vilsack, former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member and nominee for IA-04 in 2002
Endorsements
Polling
Results
Republican primary
ran for reelection to a third term in office. No other Republican filed to challenge him.Results
General election
Debates
- , October 11, 2018
Predictions
Polling
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ResultsDistrict 4Representative Steve King, who has represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 5th district from 2003 to 2013, was reelected to a ninth term in congress in 2018.The 4th district went for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election with a 61% to 34% margin, after voting for Mitt Romney with a 53% to 45% margin in 2012. Democratic primaryCandidates;Declared
Republican primaryResultsGeneral electionThe election on November 6, 2018, was between Republican Steve King and Democrat J. D. Scholten. King declined to debate Scholten. King won by the slimmest margin of victory in his congressional electoral career.PredictionsPollingResults |